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Elucidating the molecular mechanism of action by which rs1-208b induces apoptosis in hematological cancers.

Ruben Israel Calderon , University of Texas at El Paso Follow

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Master of Science

Biological Sciences

Renato J. Aguilera

The 26S proteasome has been successfully targeted to treat multiple myeloma. However, the effect can sometimes be reversed as cells acquire resistance to chemotherapy. Recently, combining proteasome inhibitors with indirect proteasome inhibitors has been proposed in order to delay and even reverse resistance. Small molecules derived from 4-piperidinone that maintain an unsaturated β-carbonyl group are thought to interact with the thiol group of catalytically active cysteine residues in deubiquitinases that associate with the 26S proteasome, effectively inhibiting the proteasome.

RS1-208b was selected following a high-throughput screening of a small library of 4-piperidinone derived curcumin structural analogs due to its selectivity towards hematological cancers and its ability to inhibit inflammatory cytokine production. In silico docking experiments showed RS1-208b can inhibit cysteine deubiquitinases by bringing the unsaturated β-carbonyl in close proximity to the thiol group. AmpliSeq analysis revealed RS1-208b elicits a cellular response that is similar to that of proteasome inhibitors collected in the Connectivity Map. Treatment with RS1-208b leads to the rapid accumulation of poly-ubiquitinated proteins, which initiates a cellular response that culminates in cell death. RS1-208b up-regulated transcripts in the PERK-mediated unfolded protein response and the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis, which was verified using several fluorescence based assays. In vivo, RS1-208b delayed the tumor growth in RAMOS xenograft models and increased event-free survival time.

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Organellar genome evolution in red algal parasites: differences in adelpho- and alloparasites.

Eric Salomaki , University of Rhode Island Follow

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Doctor of Philosophy in Biological and Environmental Sciences

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Christopher E. Lane

Parasitism is a common life strategy throughout the eukaryotic tree of life. Many devastating human pathogens, including the causative agents of malaria and toxoplasmosis, have evolved from a photosynthetic ancestor. However, how an organism transitions from a photosynthetic to a parasitic life history strategy remains mostly unknown. Parasites have independently evolved dozens of times throughout the Florideophyceae (Rhodophyta), and often infect close relatives. This framework enables direct comparisons between autotrophs and parasites to investigate the early stages of parasite evolution. Parasitic red algae have traditionally been defined as either ‘adelphoparasites’, which infect hosts within their same family or tribe, or ‘alloparasites’ which infect hosts in other families. Prior to this research, investigations have primarily focused on understanding the development and evolution of ‘adelphoparasites’. All adelphoparasites studied to date have been shown to have lost their native plastid and instead incorporate a host plastid when packaging their spores. Additionally, previously published ‘adelphoparasite’ mitochondrion genomes have reduced coding capacity. The goal of this research was to investigate 1) the evolutionary impact on the plastid of the ‘alloparasite’ Choreocolax polysiphoniae , 2) the coding capacity of the C. polysiphoniae mitochondrion, and 3) the evolutionary origins of Rhodomelaceae ‘alloparasites’.

A combination of Sanger-sequencing of targeted PCR products and nextgeneration sequencing of genomic DNA and total RNA was used to investigate the organelles of the ‘alloparasites’ Choreocolax polysiphoniae , Harveyella mirabilis , Leachiella pacifica , and a previously undescribed species of Leachiella , the ‘adelphoparasites’ Gracilariophila oryzoides and Gonimophyllum skottsbergii , and the host of C. polysiphoniae , Vertebrata lanosa . Organellar genomes were assembled using CLC genomics workbench and Geneious Pro and subsequently manually annotated using BLAST and Pfam. Comparative analyses of organellar genomes were completed using MAUVE genome alignment software. Total RNA was assembled using the Trinity based pipeline, Agalma and annotated using InterProScan. Analyses of transcriptomic data were completed using Silix and HiFix.

This research generated plastid genomes for C. polysiphoniae and its host V. lanosa . The C. polysiphoniae plastid represents the first plastid genome sequenced for a red algal parasite. Interestingly, this plastid has reduced coding capacity and has lost genes involved with photosynthetic processes and its presence challenges the previously proposed paradigm of red algal parasite evolution. Investigations of red algal parasite mitochondria demonstrated that parasites retain fully functional and typical Florideophyceae mitochondria. Finally, an investigation of parasites typically considered as alloparasites supports a monophyletic clade of parasites, which all retain their native plastid genomes, arose and radiated to infect different hosts within the Rhodomelaceae. Data generated here supports previous findings that ‘alloparasites’ rarely infect hosts in different families. Therefore the terms ‘adelphoparasite’ and ‘alloparasite’, which are based on evolutionary relationships to their hosts and do not accurately distinguish types of red algal parasites. Based upon this research, we propose to redefine red algal parasites by their plastid origins as either Archaeplastic parasites (parasites that retain a native plastid) or Neoplastic parasites (those which incorporate a host plastid).

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Assessing the impact of the court response to domestic violence in two neighboring counties.

Gillian Mira Pinchevsky , University of South Carolina Follow

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Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Emily M. Wright

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Jeffrey Rojek

Since the 1970s, there has been a proliferation of research on domestic violence (DV). The majority of research, however, has focused on the correlates of DV and far fewer studies have examined the criminal justice system's approach to addressing DV. This is particularly concerning given that historically, the criminal justice system was rooted in English Common Law and tolerant of marital discipline to maintain household stability. Through the efforts of women's rights advocates, policy makers began devising innovative strategies for responding to DV, including provisions for mandatory arrests, no-drop policies, and the establishment of specialized DV courts. Although there has been an increase in the number of studies examining the criminal justice system's response to DV, a limited number of these are devoted to the court's response, and even fewer studies have examined specialized courts' response to DV. Further, a limited number of investigations have focused on the effects of decision-making in DV cases on future DV offending.

This study attempts to overcome these shortcomings by examining the response to DV by two specialized DV courts in South Carolina. The predictors of prosecutorial and judicial decision-making are assessed within the two courts and the magnitude of these effects is compared across counties. Further, the extent to which general courtroom theoretical frameworks extend to our understanding decision-making in specialized DV courts is discussed. The impact of court decisions on recidivism is also explored.

The results indicate that both courts proactively responded to DV and operated under a treatment-oriented sentencing approach; there were, however, differences in conviction rates and sentencing between the two courts. Legal, case processing, and extralegal variables were relevant to the explanation of courtroom decision-making in the two courts and few differences existed in the magnitude of the effects across courts. General theoretical frameworks extend only partial utility for explaining decision-making in specialized DV courts. Finally, overall, court decisions were limited in their effect on future DV re-arrests. In all, this study adds to the growing literature surrounding specialized DV courts, courtroom decision-making in DV cases, and the effects of courtroom decisions on future offending.

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Use the websites listed below to find freely accessible (open access) dissertations from the United States and other countries.  While all repositories listed here include doctoral dissertations, Master's theses may be available in some cases as well.

Regis College maintains print copies of Regis student theses and dissertations in the Regis Library.  They are not digitized although individual students may have submitted their dissertation to a digital repository.

• American Doctoral Dissertations (EBSCO) A free resource, hosted by EBSCO, this database includes more than 172,000 theses and dissertations in total from 1902 to the present.
• British Library: EThOS, E-theses Online Service EThOS is the UK’s national thesis service. EThOS aims to hold a record for all doctoral theses awarded by all UK universities (institutions). Also available when using Regis Library discovery tool, PowerSearch.
• Digital Commons Network Free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). We support electronic publishing and open access to scholarship in order to enhance the sharing of knowledge worldwide.
• Open Access Theses and Dissertations OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes 4,264,663 theses and dissertations.
• PQDT Open PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. The authors of these dissertations and theses have opted to publish as open access.
• Theses Canada Theses Canada is a collaborative program between Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and nearly 70 universities accredited by Universities Canada. It strives to: acquire and preserve theses and dissertations from participating universities; provide free access to Canadian electronic theses and dissertations in the collection.

These digital repositories maintained by various universities enable public access to theses and dissertations.  These are just a select sample; there are many other repositories associated with universities.

• Duke University: Duke Space, Theses and Dissertations
• Harvard University: Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) Also available when using Regis Library discovery tool, PowerSearch.
• Johns Hopkins University: DSpace Repository
• Northeastern University: Digital Reposity Service: Theses and Dissertations
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Theses and dissertations produced by students as part of the completion of their degree requirements often represent unique and interesting scholarship. Universities are increasingly making this work available online, and UC is no exception. Find information related to open access theses and dissertations below.

UC has an open access policy for theses and dissertations, but procedures and specifics vary by campus

Several UC campuses have established policies requiring open access to the electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) written by their graduate students. As of March 25, 2020, there is now a systemwide Policy on Open Access for Theses and Dissertations , indicating that UC “requires theses or dissertations prepared at the University to be (1) deposited into an open access repository, and (2) freely and openly available to the public, subject to a requested delay of access (’embargo’) obtained by the student.”

In accordance with these policies, campuses must ensure that student ETDs are available open access via eScholarship (UC’s open access repository and publishing platform), at no cost to students. By contrast, ProQuest, the world’s largest commercial publisher of ETDs, charges a $95 fee to make an ETD open access. Institutions worldwide have moved toward open access ETD publication because it dramatically increases the visibility and reach of their graduate research.

Policies and procedures for ETD filing, including how to delay public release of an ETD and how long such a delay can last, vary by campus. Learn more about the requirements and procedures for ETDs at each UC campus:

• UC Berkeley: Dissertation Filing Guidelines (for Doctoral Students) and Thesis Filing Guidelines (for Master’s Students)
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• UC Santa Cruz: Dissertation and Thesis Guidelines (PDF) from the Graduate Division’s Accessing Forms Online page

Open access can be delayed in certain circumstances

Some campuses allow students to elect an embargo period before the public release of their thesis/dissertation; others require approval from graduate advisors or administrators. Visit your local graduate division’s website (linked above) for more information.

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Students writing theses/dissertations most commonly have questions about their own copyright ownership or the use of other people’s copyrighted materials in their own work.

You automatically own the copyright in your thesis/dissertation  as soon as you create it, regardless of whether you register it or include a copyright page or copyright notice (see this FAQ from the U.S. Copyright Office for more information). Most students choose not to register their copyrights, though some choose to do so because they value having their copyright ownership officially and publicly recorded. Getting a copyright registered is required before you can sue someone for infringement.

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• directly, through the Copyright Office website , for $35
• by having ProQuest/UMI contact the Copyright Office on your behalf, for $65.

It is common to incorporate 1) writing you have done for journal articles as part of your dissertation, and 2) parts of your dissertation into articles or books . See, for example, these articles from Wiley and Taylor & Francis giving authors tips on how to successfully turn dissertations into articles, or these pages at Sage , Springer , and Elsevier listing reuse in a thesis or dissertation as a common right of authors. Because this is a well-known practice, and often explicitly allowed in publishers’ contracts with authors, it rarely raises copyright concerns. eScholarship , which hosts over 55,000 UC ETDs, has never received a takedown notice from a publisher based on a complaint that the author’s ETD was too similar to the author’s published work.

Incorporating the works of others in your thesis/dissertation – such as quotations or illustrative images – is often allowed by copyright law. This is the case when the original work isn’t protected by copyright, or if the way you’re using the work would be considered fair use. In some circumstances, however, you will need permission from the copyright holder.  For more information, please consult the Berkeley Library’s guide to Copyright and Publishing Your Dissertation .

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U.s. consumers’ willingness to pay for raised carbon-friendly beef: moderation effect of information and consumer characteristics.

Mariam Ishaq , South Dakota State University Follow

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Deepthi Kolady

greenhouse gas emission, livestock, rotational/prescribed grazing, sustainability

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Rotational grazing. Beef. Beef cattle. Consumers -- Attitudes. Carbon dioxide mitigation. Climate change mitigation.

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South Dakota State University

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Ishaq, Mariam, "U.S. Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Raised Carbon-friendly Beef: Moderation Effect of Information And Consumer Characteristics" (2023). Electronic Theses and Dissertations . 614. https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd2/614

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Of particular use to alumni and the general public: The following three open access dissertation and theses databases are available. Some titles in these databases are citation only, while others provide free access with links to the full text of the dissertation or thesis cited.

• EBSCO's Open Dissertations Database Coverage varies by the source database. Provides open access to over 800,000 dissertations from 26 U.S. universities plus the UK. Created from a collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs, it uses the standard EBSCO search interface. Consists primarily of three resources--mostly full text titles from OhioLink's open ETD database (mainly 1999 to date); EThOS: e-theses online service of UK dissertations from the British Library (1800 to date); and citations digitized from UMI's Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities, 1933-1955. (EBSCO is working on extending this coverage from 1955 to date.)
• PQDT Open A subset of ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global. Coverage: mainly 2006 to date. Some earlier titles back to 1990. PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. The text, if available, is in PDF format.
• EThOS: E-Theses Online Service (British Library) Coverage: 1800 to date. Also searchable as part of EBSCO's Open Dissertations database . More than 480,000 titles included with links to the full text for over 100,000 dissertations. About EThOS .

Summon and Discipline-Specific Databases Covering Dissertations

Many periodical databases in academic disciplines index dissertations in addition to articles and books: MLA Bibliography , PsycINFO , and EconLit are three well-known examples. In general, one would not expect to find dissertations not already cited in ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global in these databases. However, it can be a way to locate dissertations written in a particular discipline rather than searching using specific subject terms in PQD&TG.

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The influence of leadership development programs on first-generation college student success.

Sherrod Williams , University of Massachusetts Boston Follow

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Education/Higher Education PhD

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Gerardo L. Blanco

Second Advisor

John Saltmarsh

Third Advisor

Joan Becker

Students whose parents did not go to college, also known as first-generation college students, often enter postsecondary institutions faced with immediate challenges navigating their higher education experiences. Lower cultural capital often impacts first-generation students’ persistence from year to year as well as their understanding of higher education. Despite resources such as TRIO programs and community programs created specifically for first-generation students, national persistence rates among these students remain lower than those of continuing-generation college students.

Leadership development programs have proved effective at not only developing the leadership skills of college students, but also providing personal development. Research has shown that leadership development programs increase students’ self-awareness, critical-thinking skills, and self-efficacy. Programs that use leadership frameworks such as the social change model for leadership development or the leadership identity development model have helped students become stronger leaders on campus and heightened their ability to influence their higher education environments.

This study sought to understand how leadership development programs influence first-generation college students’ decisions to persist at higher education institutions. The study used case-study methodology to examine three institutions’ leadership development programs to understand how students’ persistence was influenced by their experience with these programs. Additionally, the study uncovered how students’ understanding of higher education evolved after their participation in the programs. Using phenomenological-style interviewing with students in each case, the study showed that leadership development programs are an effective means of increasing students’ understanding of higher education, building leadership comprehension and skills, and enhancing personal development.

Free and open access to this Campus Access Dissertation is made available to the UMass Boston community by ScholarWorks at UMass Boston. Those not on campus and those without a UMass Boston campus username and password may gain access to this dissertation through resources like Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global or through Interlibrary Loan. If you have a UMass Boston campus username and password and would like to download this work from off-campus, click on the "Off-Campus UMass Boston Users" link above.

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Williams, Sherrod, "The Influence of Leadership Development Programs on First-Generation College Student Success" (2020). Graduate Doctoral Dissertations . 614. https://scholarworks.umb.edu/doctoral_dissertations/614

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One of the best ways to see what other people in your discipline are reading is to see what they're referencing in their publications. OSU keeps a copy of every thesis and dissertation on ScholarsArchive@OSU . To see what's available in your discipline:

1. Find an OSU thesis or dissertation using ScholarsArchive@OSU

• In the Advanced Search , enter your department or college name in the "Degree Field" search box.  For example, Biochemistry, Biophysics, or Public Health. Double-check the search recognizes your field using the Degree Field menu on the left side of the results page.
• Refine your results to theses or dissertations on the left side of the results page. Click the Resource Type heading, then choose the  Masters Thesis or Dissertation  link.
• To find recent theses or dissertations, next refine your results on the left-hand side of the results page using the Commencement Year heading.
• You can also refine searches based on Advisor and a number of other potentially useful factors.
• From this focused list of results, click on a thesis or dissertation title. 
• To  view the full text,  select the Download PDF link on the left side of the page.

2. Focus on the document's literature review section, if it has one.

• Use the table of contents to find the literature review. Sometimes there are multiple literature reviews in a single thesis or dissertation if your department uses the article format.
• How old are the sources?
• Do sources come from multiple format types (e.g., journal articles, government websites, books, conference proceedings)?
• Do the same names or concepts appear across multiple articles?

Finding Dissertations Use a subject-specific database (ERIC, PsychInfo) to search for theses and dissertations related to your to research. Look for the field or option to refine your search to just dissertations.

Many dissertations are now digitized, so try entering the title in Google to see if the manuscript is online.  If not, you can request the item through   interlibrary loan although not all institutions will lend their theses or dissertations.

Another option is to us PQDT Open . PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge.

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